On June 5th, Ruth Graham wrote an article saying,"Adults should feel embarrassed about reading literature written for children."The crew of Penguin Review on Rookery has something to say about this opinion of young adult literature.The question is what is good literature?

With the CW's new show The Flash and the prospect of DC Universe movies, the platform of movie and TV adaptations has been drastically expanded and evolved. However, how do producers navigate the challenges of using the same actors, keeping a consistent story-line, and making the fans happy?

FROM CNN.COM"The Giver"Author: Lois Lowry Movie release date: August 15 Cast: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Swift What it's about: In a dystopian future, society has eliminated pain, emotion and color. A young boy named Jonas is named the Giver, a position responsible for keeping the memories of the community safe. The young adult novel follows his struggle to abide by the strictures of society. What to expect: Most of the film's hype has come from the casting of Swift in a bit part, but the 1993 novel has been a longtime favorite and will probably be more centered on Jonas, played by newcomer Brenton Thwaites. It will be interesting to see how director Phillip Noyce handles the book's explanation that there is no color in this society.

"Divergent"Author: Veronica Roth Movie release date: March 21 Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet What it's about: In a dystopic version of Chicago, people are split into seven clans based on their personality traits. A young girl named Beatrice Prior (Woodley) is marked as a "divergent" who doesn't fit into one category, kicking off a rebellion against the sect-driven government. What to expect: This is the first adaptation in the "Divergent" trilogy, and it looks to be an epic young adult action film on the level of "The Hunger Games." The film will probably be one of the biggest book-to-movie editions of the year, based on the popularity of the series.

"Gone Girl"Author: Gillian Flynn Movie release date: October 3 Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike What it's about: The popular novel follows the troubled marriage of Nick and Amy Dunne. On the eve of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing, and Nick becomes the prime suspect in her possible murder. What to expect: Flynn wrote the screenplay and has said she veered away from the book's surprise ending for the movie version. David Fincher, who also directed the adaptation of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," will probably bring a dark sensibility to the movie.

Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1818 after much encouragement from her husband, Percy Shelley. Frankenstein, which follows the life of a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, is arguably the beginning of the science fiction genre in literature. As a combination of both Gothic and speculative fiction, Shelley's novel explores the darkness in human kind's scientific obsession and the egoism of man to believe that one day he can play God with nature. The Frankenstein of 1818 is a far cry from the film adaptations of the 20th and 21st centuries, nearly unrecognizable from the classic tale. The "monster" of Shelley's novel never receives a name - the title coming from the last name of the monster's creator. The story is about much more than a monster on a rampage. Rather, it focuses on the "what if" of bringing back the dead, creating new beings, and controlling the faculties of life itself.

H. G. Wells' The War of the WorldsOn October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles read a live broadcast of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Although the details are a bit sketchy, this portrayal of literature on the radio is one of the most fun stories to tell about how science fiction rocked the early 20th century. It is the idea that the media could immerse us in literature to the point of becoming reality that interests us as scholars. Whether it really caused the uprising and panic that we love to tell young readers, it doesn't matter. Every one of us has wanted to feel the fantastic elements of literature come to life.Other books by Wells to look at:The Time MachineThe Island of Dr. MoreauThe Invisible Man

Jules Verne and Literary Speculative FictionJules Verne may be one of the biggest influences on the science fiction genre. He was a novelist, playwright, and poet. I'm not sure I can think of a single title he's written that hasn't become a movie adaption.Books by Jules Verne:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJourney to the Center of the EarthAround the World in Eighty Days

http://emersonkent.com/speeches/coronation_speech_elizabeth_ii.htmReading of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Speech on June 2nd, 1954.

For those of you Yankees who aren't sure what the queen's name even is (it's ok, I didn't either), it's Elizabeth, and she's still alive. Today she celebrated the anniversary of her coronation, and all of England celebrated with her.